A woman who wasn't aware she was pregnant has given birth in a city centre department store.

An ambulance was called to John Lewis in Buchanan Galleries after receiving a report that a woman aged in her 30s had gone into labour and delivered a baby.

The new mum and her baby, thought to be a girl, were rushed to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where they were cared for by medical staff, according to the Daily Record .

It is understood the woman did not realise she was expecting and the birth came as a complete surprise to both her and her family. The mum and baby have been discharged from hospital and are believed to be doing well.

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John Lewis bosses did not confirm if the mum, who went into labour on the third floor of the store on the afternoon of Saturday, September 15, was a customer or an employee.

The Scottish Ambulance Service said: “We received a call at 16.54 on September 15 to attend Buchanan Galleries. We dispatched one ambulance to the scene and transported one woman in her 30s to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.”

John Lewis said they wished to respect the privacy of the mother and declined to comment.

The 24-year-old soldiered through her eight-hour shift at Sainsbury's thinking she had kidney pains before attending an out-of-hours appointment at the Victoria Hospital. She and boyfriend Kevin welcomed baby Charlotte into the world the next morning.

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She said: "The pain was unbearable, so I got an out-of-hours appointment at the Victoria. I didn't get seen until 1:30am. That's when the doctor examined me and said, 'I think you might be pregnant.'

"I was freaking out. I was like, 'I'm not ready for this.' I had a mixture of fear, confusion.

"I'd read things like this happening in the papers, but I didn't know anyone in real life who had experienced it. I was in complete shock."

She said: "It's not the way I had planned my life to go – 100 per cent. But motherhood has changed my life. I can't even think of times when Charlotte has not been here now. It feels like it was always like this."